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I see lots of you here mentioning QQQ and VOO as “set it and forget it” funds, but what…

Posted on 5/20/25 at 8:26 am
Posted by auwaterfowler
Alabama
Member since Jan 2020
2866 posts
Posted on 5/20/25 at 8:26 am
..about Vanguard’s MGK or Fidelity’s Contrafund FCNTX? I personally love those two.
Posted by JohnnyKilroy
Cajun Navy Vice Admiral
Member since Oct 2012
40287 posts
Posted on 5/20/25 at 8:28 am to
Mgk is gonna have a lot of overlap with qqq and voo. Just different weights.


Posted by UltimaParadox
North Carolina
Member since Nov 2008
51353 posts
Posted on 5/20/25 at 8:50 am to
FCNTX has a very high expense ratio. Sort of goes against the set and forget it funds ideal of low cost
Posted by The Scofflaw
Metairie, LA
Member since Sep 2014
1912 posts
Posted on 5/20/25 at 8:50 am to
When they largely track the same, just do the one that has the lowest fees. VOO and QQQM are the best known generally.
Posted by auwaterfowler
Alabama
Member since Jan 2020
2866 posts
Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:12 am to
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FCNTX has a very high expense ratio. Sort of goes against the set and forget it funds ideal of low cost


I’m ok with a portion of my portfolio costing me 0.63% for a product that has averaged 12.86% annually since 1967.
Posted by 632627
LA
Member since Dec 2011
14673 posts
Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:18 am to
I've been buying a lot of SPMO lately primarily because it isn't as tech heavy as most of the other mega cap funds
Posted by AaronDeTiger
baton rouge
Member since Jun 2014
2181 posts
Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:57 am to
quote:


I've been buying a lot of SPMO lately primarily because it isn't as tech heavy as most of the other mega cap funds


Meh, they are over 30% just less diversified.

NVDA NVIDIA Corp 9.39
AMZN Amazon.com Inc 8.40
META Meta Platforms Inc 8.29
TSLA Tesla Inc 5.15
Posted by DaBeerz
Member since Sep 2004
18300 posts
Posted on 5/20/25 at 10:07 am to
I think FXAIX is the preferred fidelity equivalent

I have SPLG and SCHG as my fuhget aboud its
This post was edited on 5/20/25 at 10:11 am
Posted by 632627
LA
Member since Dec 2011
14673 posts
Posted on 5/20/25 at 10:25 am to
MGK and the like are over 60% tech.

SPMO is less tech heavy than voo.
Posted by PlanoPrivateer
Frisco, TX
Member since Jan 2004
2929 posts
Posted on 5/20/25 at 12:05 pm to
SPYG could be in this conversation. Many of the same stocks as others mentioned and an expense ratio of 0.04%
Posted by LSUtiger89
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
4545 posts
Posted on 5/21/25 at 1:13 am to
It also invest part in private companies that the other funds cannot do. It’s worth putting some in. And has outperformed the index. A part because of those private holdings.
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
77793 posts
Posted on 10/25/25 at 8:21 am to
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SPYG


I’ve heard and read some good things about this fund lately. Might be worth looking into.
Posted by 632627
LA
Member since Dec 2011
14673 posts
Posted on 10/25/25 at 10:54 am to
quote:

I’ve heard and read some good things about this fund lately. Might be worth looking into.


Can't go wrong with any of the big cap growth funds such as spyg, schg or the various vanguard offerings (mgk, voog, vug). I think the only difference is how many underlying stocks they hold, some are around 100, others are a bit more spread out and push 200.

I think schg has the most AUM
Posted by dyerbro
Member since May 2017
200 posts
Posted on 10/25/25 at 11:30 am to
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I’m ok with a portion of my portfolio costing me 0.63% for a product that has averaged 12.86% annually since 1967.


12 . 86 % is interesting, persuasive, and powerful
Is their any downside risk?

I am afraid of buying at the top , then VOO drops 50 percent.
The recovery time to get back to even is 6 or 7 years maybe.
I may look into dollar cost average strategy.
Posted by Lsut81
Member since Jun 2005
83703 posts
Posted on 10/25/25 at 11:40 am to
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Vanguard’s MGK


Do they have admiral for this? I'm not seeing it
Posted by lsuconnman
Baton rouge
Member since Feb 2007
4475 posts
Posted on 10/25/25 at 1:07 pm to
I created a custodial account to help teach my son about investing. He chose Disney, Fortnight, and Ubisoft, so obviously I overrode his choice and bought him VOO &VTI…that will be harder to conceal by the time he gets to middle school.
Posted by bigjoe1
Member since Jan 2024
1481 posts
Posted on 10/25/25 at 1:28 pm to
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“I think investors are looking beyond just the let’s call it the ‘VOO and chill approach’ where you just buy the index in an ETF, which is a great approach but they’re looking for diversification,” Filmore told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week.” “And they’re not finding it within the product or within the index, so they have to look beyond that.”

Filmore refers to the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
, which tracks the S&P 500
's performance. Both are up almost 16% so far this year.

‘Imbalance is the perfect word’
Meanwhile, Strategas Securities’ Todd Sohn contends investors are losing diversification by using the S&P 500 as a benchmark.

“Imbalance is the perfect word,” said the firm’s senior ETF & technical strategist in the same interview. He added technology
now accounts for more than 35% of the index, a record high.
VOO and CNBC chill
Posted by evil cockroach
27.98N // 86.92E
Member since Nov 2007
8908 posts
Posted on 10/25/25 at 3:35 pm to
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I am afraid of buying at the top , then VOO drops 50 percent.

The recovery time to get back to even is 6 or 7 years maybe.
it used to be that. The Fed will crank up the printing press a-la 2009 and 2020
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